IPT World Open Eight-ball Championship
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The IPT World Open Eight-ball Championship was an eight-ball tournament held in Reno
, Nevada
by the International Pool Tour
. It was the fourth and last event of the tour as of 2007. It was richest event in the history of cuesports. The total purse was $3M where $500K was offered to the winner.
The tournament holds a total of 200 players (150 tour members and 50 qualifiers). The players were divided into several groups of certain numbers. Those leading in each group will proceed into the next round where they'll be placed into new groups. Every match was race to 8.
Efren Reyes
was the victor. From this point, no new tournament was held again by the IPT as the players have yet to be paid in full from their participation in the event.
Reno
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, Nevada
Nevada
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by the International Pool Tour
International Pool Tour
The International Pool Tour is a professional sports tour created in 2005 by Kevin Trudeau and hosted by Rebecca Grant. It aims to elevate pool to the level of other modern sports. Closely modeled on the PGA Tour, the IPT offered the largest prize funds in pool history in its first year. The tour...
. It was the fourth and last event of the tour as of 2007. It was richest event in the history of cuesports. The total purse was $3M where $500K was offered to the winner.
The tournament holds a total of 200 players (150 tour members and 50 qualifiers). The players were divided into several groups of certain numbers. Those leading in each group will proceed into the next round where they'll be placed into new groups. Every match was race to 8.
Efren Reyes
Efren Reyes
Efren Manalang Reyes is a Filipino professional pool player and a two-time world champion. Reyes is considered by many to be the greatest all-around pool player in the history of the game. He is affectionately nicknamed "Bata" and "the Magician".-Early life:Reyes was born in Pampanga in 1954...
was the victor. From this point, no new tournament was held again by the IPT as the players have yet to be paid in full from their participation in the event.